Nexus 6 & Nexus 9 – is it worth purchasing

Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 was the most anticipated smartphone and tablet of 2014. Starting the day when the “Nexus 6” come up as a line in the chrome bug report to the rumors of “Motorola Shamu”. A lot of talk has been there about Nexus 6 before it actually hit the market. There was also many YouTube videos about the concept design, people’s thought about the new screen size, new price tag, specs android silver and many other things. After these devices has been actually released on October 15th 2014 so many people has also started reviewing these products on their blogs or YouTube channels. But today in this post I’m not going to review these products like every other blogger out there, beside I will share my expression and opinion about “Is Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 is worth purchasing”. I will share my expressions & opinions from both as a normal daily user perspective as well as being a geek perspective. Hope you will find yourself in a category or anywhere in between. 😉

Spec chart of Nexus 6 & Nexus 9

Many of you have already read ample amount of blog posts and watched many YouTube videos about the specs of Nexus 6 & Nexus 9 so I’m going to repeat the same things all over again beside I’ll sum it up in a small manner for the readers who are not aware about it.

Nexus 6

Nexus 9

CPU

Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (Quad-core 2.7 GHz)

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Dual-core 2.3 GHz)

RAM

3 GB

2 GB

GPU

Adreno 420

Kepler DX1

Screen Size

5.96 inches QHD display

8.9 inches Full HD display

Resolution

1440 x 2560 pixels (2K)

1536 x 2048 pixels

Front Camera

2 MP

1.6 MP

Rear Camera

13 MP with OSI

8 MP

Operating System

Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)

Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)

As you can see above that both Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 comes with a beasty Hardware specs and most of all Android v5.0 Lollipop, one of the major reason people are willing to put more than $650 (twice the price of Nexus 5) on purchasing this product, but before going to do that take a look at the pros and cons of Nexus 6.

Pros of Nexus 6

Sleek and beautiful design with a stunning display

5.96 inches 2K AMOLED screen for awesome color vibrancies

3000 mAh battery for lost usability

Android Lollipop with Material Design, a whole new looks

13 MP rear camera with Optical Image Stabilization

And many more…

Major cons of Nexus 6

A beasty size with almost 6 inches display

Almost the same size as iPhone 6 Plus (having much better specs than iPhone)

Generally almost impossible to use it by one hand. You always need your both hands to do stuff on this phone. Not good.

Nexus 6 is not water and dust resistance

The Nexus 6 Conclusion

Tough there are not much cons about the Google new flagship phone beside that it’s huge in size and trust me may be it looks like a small issue, but it is not in the real life. In the real life every day we have to run to difference places, have to do different things and in our daily busy life if you have to give your both hand to your phone every time you would like to do something with it, that might become very much disturbing after using it for couple of months as a daily driver.

But if you are a geek or a developer then you are always welcome to purchase the new phones because I hope you are not going to use this device as your daily driver and will be used for testing your apps, products or may be for review purpose mainly.

Nexus 6 is a great device on the desk, but not so great in your pocket. Beside if you are a normal user and thinking about purchasing Nexus 6 just to have the stock Android experience with Lollipop, I will suggest you to go with Nexus 5 or HTC One M8 (Google Play Edition) and you will get the same nexus like experience with it. Nexus 5 and HTC One M8 (Google Play Edition) are both very good phone and specially their size is best for one hand use. Tough these phones might sound a little old to you in today’s spec chart race, but trust me they are not. The specs that have in these phone is capable of running anything you want along with the buttery smooth experience. If you are looking for something newly released I will suggest LG G3. Its 5.5 inches QHD display can also be used by one hand.

So if you don’t have big hands to operate a 6 inches phone using one hand, I will not suggest Nexus 6 as a daily driver for general people.

What about Nexus 9?

Well Nexus 9 is a great tablet device and also crafted by HTC, the maker of the One M8. Nexus 9 release was necessary release for many people. The last tablets which are released in Nexus family are Nexus 10 and Nexus 7, tough previous this year Google has modified a little bit of the Nexus 7s they rolled out. Nexus 9 with a 9 inches screen with a beautiful design is a must have tablet for those who can afford it. The specialty about 9 inches tables are neither they looks small in terms of tablet nor do they look big. Beside HTC has done a beautiful job for designing Nexus 9. HTC has given all their experience and knowledge they have learn from One M8. HTC One M8 was the post popular phone of 2013 with the maximum customer satisfaction and stunning aluminium uni-body looks. Tough if you look at the back side of nexus 9, the camera placement is almost same as we have seen in iPads. Beside if you are thinking about what are the pros and cons of having a Nexus 9, here is the short list for you.

Pros of Nexus 9

Great design by HTC

Front facing speaker like One M8

9 inches Full HD screen

Loaded up with Android Lollipop

6700 mAh battery

Cons of Nexus 9

Don’t have a QHD 2K display still using 1080p Full HD

Uses a dual code CPU instead Quad Core or Octa Core

Just have a 8MP camera with no Optical Image Stabilization

The cons of Nexus 9 is almost negligible if you are purchasing a tablet for use it as a tablet rather than using it as a camera. Beside all this Google has also started rolling out Keyboard Folio accessory life Microsoft Surface for Nexus 9, so that when you are working with your tablet sitting on a desk, you don’t have to use the screen keyboard. A real nice touch of ergonomics by Google.

The Nexus 9 Conclusion

So, if you are waiting for this Nexus 9 from past few years and still thinking about whether or not this device is a worth purchasing device for your or not, then don’t hesitate anymore, just hit the Buy Now button now. Beside all the ergonomically strong features Nexus 9 it is also the first tablet which are going to shipped out with Android Lollipop and all its cool animation features and material design. Beside if you are going to use your tablet on the desk for most of time or for taking notes in classes I will suggest you to get Keyboard Folio. No matter if you are a normal user or a student or a geek or a developer, Nexus 9 can meet all your requirements.

Feedback

What is your feelings about Nexus 6 and Nexus 9? Do you agree with my thoughts and expression about these devices? If you have any thoughts or doubts or feedback about this post feel free to share with me in the comment section below.

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